The Pelagios Map is an interactive map of the Roman Empire. You can scroll around the Empire, zoom in and out, and see both natural features and manmade ones. It marks a wide variety of sites and would be very useful for tracking Horace’s travels or Pliny’s activities during the eruption of Vesuvius. (via the Smithsonian Blog)
Review: The Wars of Alexander’s Successors
The Wars of Alexander’s Successors by Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts (Pen & Sword, 2011) attracted me as being about a period which is normally
